Ruth Hayes is the Principal of Felix Consulting. Her recruitment experience was gained over seven years with leading global executive search firm, Russell Reynolds Associates.

During that time, Ruth developed specialisation across a number of sectors: consumer and media, financial services, and professional services.

clients

Ruth has worked on senior recruitment assignments for a variety of financial services clients including leading commercial and investment banks, insurance and investment management companies and providers of retail financial services.

In professional services she has worked for top-tier law and accounting firms and global management consulting firms. In the consumer and media sectors she has worked for listed media and entertainment companies, a variety of leading FMCG companies, luxury goods companies and news and magazine publishers.

breadth of roles

The breadth of roles Ruth has been involved in recruiting for include Non executive directors, Chief Executives, Directors of Finance, Marketing, Sales, Human Resources, and Communication. She has also had extensive experience in conducting management assessments.

background

Ruth has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Canberra and a Master of Arts in Organisational Communication from Charles Sturt University. Prior to developing her career in executive recruitment, Ruth worked in research and policy in federal politics.